Material Culture and Jewish IdentityApril 16, 2012: VANESSA OCHS, anthropologist of contemporary Jewish life and professor at the University of Virginia, explored the ways that different things make homes Jewish, and how “things” facilitate Jewish living.

The Stages of Memory After 9/11: From Berlin to New York
The Eli N. Evans Distinguished Lecture in Jewish StudiesNovember 14, 2011: JAMES YOUNG, professor and director of the Institute for Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, shared a vividly illustrated slide lecture that examined Germany’s national Holocaust memorial and the World Trade Center Site Memorial and explored how the idea of a memorial has evolved to express irredeemable loss.

Jews and the Civil War:
Reevaluating the Legacy of the Civil War for America’s Jews
Sylvia and Irving Margolis Lecture on the Jewish Experience in the American South September 19, 2011: ADAM MENDELSOHN, assistant professor of Jewish Studies at the College of Charleston, examined the impact and importance of the Civil War for the American Jewish community, arguing that the focus on the battlefield exploits of Jews conceals more than it reveals. Co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of the American South.

Produced in 2010, this video features UNC students, faculty and supporters, all speaking about the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies and the Jewish Studies program at UNC Chapel Hill.Click here to view on our Vimeo site.

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Established in 2003, the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill unites the general public, students and faculty from various academic disciplines who share a common passion for a deeper understanding of Jewish history, culture and thought.